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(43) Date of publication: 27.07.2022 Bulletin 2022/30 (21) Application number: 20865049.9 (22) Date of filing: 17.09.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 17/88(2006.01) A61B 17/00(2006.01) A61B 17/34(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 17/8855 (86) International application number: PCT/US2020/051288 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/055617 (25.03.2021 Gazette 2021/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 18.09.2019 US 201962902144 P (71) Applicant: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. South Jordan, UT 84095 (US)	(72) Inventors: WIERSDORF, Jason West Jordan, Utah 84081 (US) HOPKINSON, Aaron Herriman, Utah 84098 (US) (74) Representative: CSY London  Helios Court 1 Bishop Square Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9NE Hertfordshire AL10 9NE (GB)